Placement Preparation

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Placement Preparation

• Karen Fraser
• Placement Tutor
• 16G06
• ( email k.fraser_at_ulster.ac.uk )

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CVs

• Personal Details
• Do not leave any section with no value
• Please make your email address appropriate MR
  Shawballs!

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CVs

• Home address
• There is no such place as any of the following!
• Co Belfast
• Co Dungannon
• Co Co Armagh
• Co Newtownabbey
• Co Downpatrick
• .... And Hollywood is in California!

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CVs

• Career Objective
• ... Is not to travel!
• ... It maybe to set up your own business
  eventually but if you write this down they will
  wonder why you are applying for a job
• I believe is not something an employer wants to
  read on a CV it is a factual document.

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CVs

• What do you want to be when you grow up?
• .. And why would someone want to employ you?
• Examples
• I want to work in a design studio
• With the public
• With customers
• In a team
• As a web designer
• Somewhere where I can develop my skills
• Somewhere where I can progress based on my
  ability
• Somewhere where I can become a success through
  hard work
• Dont mention specific companies I
  want to work for Microsoft will put
  people off

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CVs

• Education
• Name the institution and list your achievements
• Dont write a commentary this is where I learnt
  to write is not going to impress anyone!
• It was across the road and handy???
• List your modules and the results pending

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CVs

• Other Qualifications
• Do not leave this blank
• Examples
• Coaching courses?
• First Aid
• CLAIT
• ECDL
• Counselling
• Life Guard
• Duke of Edinburgh Award or similar
• Any courses you did at school or elsewhere

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CVs

• IT Skills
• Operating Systems
• Windows XP/Vista , MAC OS
• Development Languages
• HTML, CSS, Visual Basic, PHP, ActionScript,
  JavaScript, Lingo
• Applications
• Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Director,
  Photoshop, Premiere etc
• Check spelling and use uppercase where
  necessary!!!

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CVs

• Other Skills
• Can use a number of platforms/browsers
• Knowledge of hardware
• Knowledge of external devices
• Cameras
• Video
• Printers
• Scanners
• Typing
• Internet/email use
• Teamwork
• Communication skills

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CVs

• Additional Info
• where you in the?
• Scouts/ Guides or similar
• A prefect
• Any clubs rugby, canoeing etc
• Are you?
• Trustworthy
• Honest
• Have integrity
• Enthusiastic
• Innovative
• Entrepeneural

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CVs

• Professional
• Articulate
• Well presented
• Confident
• Reliable
• Do you adapt to change
• Meet deadlines
• Are you articulate both orally and written?

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Donts

• A neighbour is not an appropriate reference
• Dont write it helped me develop new skills
  without saying what the are.
• Or
• I got a triple distinction ... In what???
• i does not mean the same as I
• Sentences always start with a capital letter
• Alot is not a word ... A lot is two words!
• You are not hoping to do a profession
• Nor are you doing an honors degree .... IT IS
  HONOURS!!!

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CVS

• Best quotes
• This job has helped me with my personality!
• I want to work in web design cause it pays good
  money!
• This is the school where I learn to write!

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Next week

• Fix your CVs
• Print them out
• Fix them again!
• Print them out and bring them to me on Thursday
• I will be in my room all day and we will finalise
  CVs and approve them so that you are ready to
  apply for jobs!
• Anyone applying for BEI talk to me!